Question
33. Ashton had 12 bottles of water. He gave 5 bottles of water to his friends. Select the expression that could be used to represent the number of bottles of water that Ashton has now. a -12 + (-5) b -12 - (-5) c 12- (-5) d 12+ (-5)
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find out how many bottles Ashton has now after giving away 5 bottles, we can set up the expression as follows:
Initial bottles of water = 12
Bottles given away = 5
The expression to represent the number of bottles Ashton has now is:
12 - 5
Among your options, we need to identify which expression correctly represents this situation.
Let's evaluate the options:
a) -12 + (-5) = -17 (This is incorrect)
b) -12 - (-5) = -12 + 5 = -7 (This is incorrect)
c) 12 - (-5) = 12 + 5 = 17 (This is incorrect)
d) 12 + (-5) = 12 - 5 = 7 (This is correct)
The correct expression that could be used to represent the number of bottles of water that Ashton has now is **d) 12 + (-5)**.
Initial bottles of water = 12
Bottles given away = 5
The expression to represent the number of bottles Ashton has now is:
12 - 5
Among your options, we need to identify which expression correctly represents this situation.
Let's evaluate the options:
a) -12 + (-5) = -17 (This is incorrect)
b) -12 - (-5) = -12 + 5 = -7 (This is incorrect)
c) 12 - (-5) = 12 + 5 = 17 (This is incorrect)
d) 12 + (-5) = 12 - 5 = 7 (This is correct)
The correct expression that could be used to represent the number of bottles of water that Ashton has now is **d) 12 + (-5)**.